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Christmas Eve is a big deal in Japan for couples. It's the one night of the year when you're supposed to go out on a romantic date and show the world you're capable of being found attractive by another person.

A flyer inserted in Karino Takano's 13th Working! ! (Wagnaria! ! ) comedy four-panel manga volume is revealing on Thursday that the third television anime season will premiere in Japan in July. It also reveals that the title will be Working!

A video has been posted online by Famitsu which previews the gameplay of the upcoming new two-dimensional fighting game Nitroplus Blasters: Heroines Infinite Duel by Nitroplus and Examu. With this new title you'll be able to play characters such a...

Players of Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn staged a vigil across multiple servers in honor of a 29-year-old player who passed away over the weekend due to complications from renal failure. The news that FFXIV player Codex Vahlda was in hospita...

Through December 25th (Levi's birthday! ), the Attack on Titan Wings of Counterattack Online browser game is running a special New Squad Levi Carol event with seasonal items, santa suit gacha and a visual of Eren and Mikasa less than thrilled with...

Assassination Classroom: Grand Siege on Kurosensei will launch for 3DS in Japan on March 12, Bandai Namco announced. Joining the announcement is a new three-minute trailer previewing the game. You'll get a look at the game's comical assassin actio...

Rodea the Sky Soldier has a release date. This week's issue of Famitsu magazine reveals that the game will be released on April 2nd for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U. First print copies of the Wii U version of the game will come with the original versi...

Bandai Namco Games released an English-subtitled version of the One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3 Jump Festa trailer, breaking the news that the next entry in the crowd-battling series is coming west. In addition to a release on PlayStation 3, PlayStat...

Atlus has an early 2015 release lined up for SMT: Devil Survivor 2 Record Breaker in North America, and those who pre-order or pick up limited first-run copies will get a soundtrack CD, which is a special arrangement from Shoji Meguro and the Atlu...

New Kamen Rider Drive images has surfaced online and of course, it is focused on Kamen Rider Mach who will make his debut next week! Seen in the scans below are his arsenal, the Zenrin Shooter (a gun), his bike, the Ride Macher, which later in the...

Ten Years Later: Genshiken Anime Series Posted by G. B. Smith December 23, 2014 at 05:00 PM Ten Years Later: Genshiken Shimoku Kio's love letter to the otaku masses. In April 2002, Kio began a manga about a college club whose members were interest...

Japan is known for all-sorts of wacky "loose characters", and even has an annual contest for them known as the Yuru-chara Mascot Grand Prix. Some of the more prominent ones include Kumamon and Funassyi, as well as a few anime and vocaloid-related ...

Promotional video also unveiled for visual novel where story events are altered by player input Key Visual Arts revealed at its announcement conference that the release date of the Angel Beats! PC game is May 29.

When The Irregular at Magic High School: Out of Order hits PS Vita this week, it will arrive alongside a special Christmas bonus. Bandai Namco plans to offer up a demo, complete with ad-hoc multiplayer, on December 25.

Sekai Project's Clannad localization Kickstarter has reached the $320,000 stretch goal between its Paypal and Kickstarter campaigns, which means that the Hikari Mimamoru Sakamichi de side-stories will be translated and released for PC.

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'Seiken Tsukai no World Break' Anime Gets New Promo Posted by Chris Beveridge December 23, 2014 at 01:02 PM After getting the premiere date recently, GA Bunko has now added a new 90 second promo for the anime adaptation of their light novel series...

On December 22nd, 2014, Kadokawa began streaming the first promotional trailer for the upcoming Kantai Collection anime's Blu-Ray and DVD release. The trailer features the opening theme from the anime, Miiro, by AKINO from bless4 (Amagi Brilliant ...

Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Curtain Call is getting a big update this week which adds songs from Bravely Default, Secret of Mana, and Chrono Trigger as downloadable content. While Crono isn't in the game, you will be able to visit one of Chrono Trig...

Shiren the Wanderer 5 was originally released on Nintendo DS in Japan in 2010, and now it's making its way to PS Vita. This week's issue of Japanese gaming mag Famitsu announces Spike Chunsoft's plans to bring it to Sony's portable as Shiren the W...

Angel Beats will be getting an extra episode titled "Hell's Kitchen". The extra episode will be released through Blu-ray Box that will be released on June 24, 2015. "Hell's Kitchen" story is written by Jun Maeda.

Bandai Namco is bringing J-Stars Victory Vs. , a crossover fighting game with characters from over 30 Shonen Jump series, to the West as J-Stars Victory Vs. +. The English localized version will have Japanese voiceovers with English subtitles.

New Digimon (at least to me) can be found in this very short trailer for Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth, like Omnimon and Black Gabumon. The game will be out for PS Vita in Japan on March 12, 2015. It will be just in time for the brand new anime, Dig...